Monday, November 7, 2016

It's never too early to start making Christmas Cards. The Christmas Card Challenge blog challenges us to make a Christmas card a week all year long. By the time December rolls around you will have enough Christmas cards made to mail to friends and family. This week's challenge is a photo challenge but it is not mandatory to take part in the challenge. The real challenge is just to make a Christmas card. I got crafty this morning and made 2 cards. I made a gift card holder following the photo challenge and also a Christmas card.

Here is the photo inspiration:

Here is the gift card holder I made using the photo as inspiration:

I used kraft card stock for the base, belly band and coffee cup. The design paper is from a 6 x 6 paper pad by Carta Bella - Christmas Delivery. The image, sentiment and die cuts are by Hero Arts - Coffee cup frame cuts. The instructions for the gift card holder can be found here: https://istampedthat.com/2012/11/18/super-easy-gift-card-holders/. The gift card holder will have a Starbucks gift card tucked inside for my daughter for Christmas. She loves Starbucks!

I was inspired by a card that I saw on Pinterest to create my Christmas card:

The image is by Stampin' Up - Snow Swirled which I heat embossed using Stampendous Detail Gold embossing powder. I added some tiny rhinestones from Couture Creations to decorate the tree. The card stock base is by Bazzill - French Vanilla and the gold card stock I bought at Michaels. I will be finding it very hard to part with this card as I really love how well it turned out!

About Me

Born in The Netherlands, emigrated to Canada at the age of 6 with my parents; 4 brothers and 2 sisters. I am 67, married to my best friend (Herb aka Opa)for 44 years, oma (grandma) to Sierra and Brooke and Amber who give me a lot of joy. Mother to Janice & Mike and MIL to Rob & Colette.
I enjoy making beaded jewellery, counted cross stitch embroidery, knitting and paper crafts. I enjoy making things with my hands but am not very creative and get a lot of inspiration from the internet.